FAQs

The Be a Hero challenge is held each September to raise urgently needed funds for Spinal Cord Injuries Australia’s NeuroMoves, our exercise and therapy service that helps people with disability to achieve their health, mobility and independence goals.

This year we are asking participants to complete 30 minutes of their chosen activity each day, for 30 days during the month of September.

- The Be a Hero Challenge starts on the 1st of September and finishes on the 30th of September.

- Registration will be open in July and will stay open until the 15th of September.

- You can start fundraising as soon as you sign up until the 31st of October.

Research shows that as little as 30 minutes of exercise per day can boost our general health and well-being. For a lot of us, completing 30 minutes of exercise a day, for 30 days straight can be a real challenge. If your goal is to do more than 30 minutes a day, than set yourself that challenge. It's all for a good cause!

We wanted to keep the option to choose your own activity open, as everyone has different abilities, or may prefer to do a mix rather than one singular activity throughout the challenge.

There is no registration fee for SCIA's Be a Hero challenge.

We'd love it if you could join us at this years Be a Hero Challenge.

Click here to go to our registration form.

If you have previously participated in the Be a Hero challenge you can select 'Already have a JustGiving account' and you can log straight into your account.

Registrations are open to any age. We do, however, need a parent/guardian to complete the registration form on your behalf if you are under the age of 18.

Thank you for Being a Hero for SCIA!

Here are a few quick tips to get you started:

1. Choose your activity
You can choose any activity you like to do for 30 minutes a day throughout September - wheeling, walking, running, swimming, cycling, whatever you choose, challenge yourself.

2. Create your fundraising page and spread the word
Personalise your fundraising page, tell everyone what you are doing and why you are fundraising for this great cause.

3. Track your activity
Track your achievements and add them to your page so everyone can see.

If you have any questions please send us an email to fundraising@scia.org.au.

We have lots of fundraising tips which you can find under 'Fundraising Toolkit ' when you log into the website. We'll also send you emails with tips and tricks on how to smash the fundraising challenge, and have fun at the same time!

One of the easiest ways to start fundraising is to jump onto your fundraising page, under, "share your page", you can select one of the icons to take you straight to the right place to share your link.

You can also copy your participant page URL, and paste it in Twitter, Facebook, Email or SMS, to send it in a way of your choice.

Note: If you are prompted to create a Facebook Fundraiser when sharing your Fundraising Page on Facebook, we would recommend you do not proceed with this as we can't connect these donations with your personal fundraising page.

Follow these instructions to setup your personal fundraising page.

After signing up click on the orange ‘CREATE TEAM’ button.

NOTE: the person that creates the team will be the ‘Team Captain’. This means that the Team Captain will have the rights to invite other team members or to edit the team page.

Follow these instructions to setup your fundraising team page.

There are multiple ways to join a team.

Option 1: the team captain of your team invites other team members to the team.
Option 2: you can join the team after signing up.

Follow these instructions to join an existing team.

Follow these instructions to personalise your fundraising page.

1. Login at https://beahero.scia.org.au
2. Click on the orange 'MY PAGE' button and you will be redirected to your personal fundraising page
3. Click on your name in the right corner at the top of the site and click on 'Profile
4. You will see your personal fundraising page. Click on 'Edit' in the right corner.
5. Scroll down to 'Fundraising Goal' and enter your new amount.

Automatically using Strava

Strava is a fitness app that records your activity through a fitness device automatically tracks and updates your progress onto your fundraising page.

If you don't have an account, click here to sign up for free. This is an easy way to show your supporters how hard you are working to reach your goal!

Manually on your fundraising page

If you don’t want to use a fitness app, you can still easily keep track of your activities through your fundraising page. You can do this via the following steps:

1. Login at https://beahero.scia.org.au
2. Click on the orange 'MY PAGE' button and you will be redirected to your personal fundraising page
3. Scroll down your page and click on 'Log Activity'
4. A pop up will appear and you can log your minutes and your activity for that day to your page.

If your donation to us is made in Australia and is over $2, then it is tax deductible. When you donate, an email which will contain a receipt as proof of your donation to us will be sent to you.

Yes. If they donate more than $2 they will receive a tax receipt which will be sent to the email address they put into the online donation form. It's sometimes a good idea to also check your junk mail in case it has gone in there for some reason. 

1. Click on the 'Find a Hero' button in the main menu, and type in the name of your friend in the search bar, and it will pop up;
2. Click on their name to go to their fundraising page;
3. Make a donation using the form on the right.

You can contact us on fundraising@scia.org.au